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SUMMARY:Beer\, Bemusement: Now’s Your Chance to Volunteer at Tour de Fat!
DESCRIPTION:Start planning your costume\, because New Belgium Brewing’s Tour de Fat\, a festive celebration of all things whimsical and bike-y\, is rolling into town on Saturday\, September 19.\nThis fun and fantastic event is also a fundraiser for the SF Bicycle Coalition and the Bay Area Ridge Trail Council\, and we need over 200 volunteers to make it happen!\nThere are so many ways to help out\, both leading up to the event and on the big day itself. Whether this will be your first ever Tour de Fat\, or whether you’ve lost count\, we’d love to have your help. Read on and sign up today!\n\nEvent Promotion & Prep:\nPostering (on your own time before Monday\, August 17): Hang posters at cafes and bike shops all over town! We’ll provide the posters\, tape and a map of locations; you provide the pedal power. View the list of neighborhoods\, and sign up to spread the word about this great event.\n\nHype it Up\n\nEvent Set-up:*\n Join us on Friday\, September 18\, in Golden Gate Park to help set up tables\, chairs\, tents and last-minute details before the big day. Many hands make a great Tour de Fat!\n\nRaise the Roof\n\nAt the Event:*\nBe a part of the ballyhoo and volunteer on the big day! We’re looking for people to help lead the parade; to check IDs\, sell drink tokens and pour beer; to run the craft and DIY station; to talk about the SF Bicycle Coalition’s work and recruit new and renewing members; to help park thousands of bicycles; and more.\n\nI Can't Wait!\n\nAll volunteers will receive a complimentary drink token. If you like an element of surprise in your life\, sign up for the Mystery Shift on the day of the event and receive not one but two drink tokens. For more information on Tour de Fat\, check out our events page.\n\n*You must be a current member of the SF Bicycle Coalition to volunteer in this role. Not a member? Join today!
URL:https://www.sfbike.org/news/beer-bemusement-nows-your-chance-to-volunteer-at-tour-de-fat/
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SUMMARY:Join/Renew this month and you might have a new two-wheeled companion
DESCRIPTION:That's right! This August\, new and renewing SF Bicycle Coalition members will be automatically entered into a drawing for a new Public bike.\nEntering in the drawing is easy\, and so is increasing your odds. Here's the scoop:\n\n\tJoin or renew at any level for ONE entry.\n\tJoin or renew for $50 or more and you'll get TWO entries.\n\tBecome a Monthly Giving member and you'll get THREE entries.\n\nThe prize? Your choice of a Public C7 (the Classic Dutch City Bike) or V7 (Public's Best City Bike). Huge thanks to Public Bicycles for donating this wonderful prize!\n\nStandard Memberships start at just $35 and you can add additional household members for just $15 each. So\, if you join or renew and include your roomate\, partner or whoever you co-habitate with on your membership\, you'll get two entries. If you're the only one on your membership\, sign-up for a $52\, buck-a-week\, membership and get two entries. If you want to increase your support\, have a membership that'll last more than one year and increase your odds even more\, sign-up for as a Monthly Giver for $10/month and get three entries.\n\nOur work wouldn't be possible without the support of our members\, and this August we're thrilled to add an extra incentive for you to keep our wheels spinning. By becoming a member\, you'll support our work to create a healthier and more livable city. Each and every member adds volume to our voice as we speak up for the bicycling improvements we all want and deserve. And while your membership will help us achieve our mission\, it will also help you pedal stronger. SF Bicycle Coalition members enjoy a number of benefits\, including discounts at 70+ local businesses\, a subscription to our Tube Times magazine\, access to fantastic parties\, bike rides\, social events and more.\nJoin or Renew Today\nNote that entries are per membership\, so if you have more than one person in your household\, the entries will go to whoever's name the membership is in. Terms and Conditions
URL:https://www.sfbike.org/news/joinrenew-month-might-new-two-wheeled-companion/
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SUMMARY:We're Hiring: Bicycle Parking Coordinator
DESCRIPTION:We are seeking a skilled\, motivated individual to provide outreach\, support\, and technical assistance regarding the implementation of bike parking racks throughout the city of San Francisco. In this role\, you will work with the public and local businesses to site bike parking racks\, as requested\, in suitable locations. If you are passionate about bicycling\, this is your chance to join our work and make it easier for thousands of people in San Francisco to park their bikes in a secure and convenient way\, and to be a part of our dynamic and growing community organizing team. This position requires strong outreach skills\, professional demeanor\, a willingness to travel throughout the city of San Francisco\, and an ability to work collaboratively with the rest of the staff at the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition.\n\nHours: Part time\, Approximately 15-20 hours per week\nReports to: Business & Community Program Manager\n\nPrimary responsibilities include\, but not are limited to\, the following:\n\n\tQuickly and competently respond to bike parking requests to determine desired location and needs;\n\tInterface professionally and effectively with local businesses and residents to communicate the benefits of providing adequate bicycle parking\, the needs and requirements for their individual location\, and expected timeline;\n\tPromptly and accurately analyze individual locations to determine suitability for bike parking;\n\tEfficiently prepare\, manage and submit paperwork and other materials related to bike parking racks; and\n\tServe as a representative of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition at all times\, consistently on-message and on-brand.\n\nThe ideal candidate for this position will:\n\n\tHave a deep commitment to the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition’s mission;\n\tBe a proven project manager with strong multitasking skills;\n\tHave a professional\, friendly demeanor when interfacing with diverse populations;\n\tBe punctual\, reliable\, and accountable;\n\tEnjoy a fast-paced work environment;\n\tBe skilled in juggling multiple requests with good grace and in prioritizing tasks;\n\tHave attention to accuracy and standardization in individual tasks while also having the ability to grasp the context of and implications for policy\, membership\, and fundraising goals of the organization;\n\tHave analytical skills and familiarity with space measurements used in bicycle parking;\n\tBe computer-literate and Internet savvy\, with direct experience in using MS Office (Excel\, Word)\, Google apps (Docs\, Calendar\, Gmail)\, and experience with databases\, including Salesforce;\n\tAbility to travel throughout the city to specific locations\, with relevant equipment; and\n\tHave the ability to move from place to place; use a computer terminal and telephone; able to lift and carry up to 25 pounds short distances; can bend\, twist\, reach and grasp.\n\nThe position pays $20+/hour with the expectation of working 15 - 20 hours per week.\n\nHow to Apply:\n\nWrite a compelling cover letter and resume\, and submit using the form. Be sure to mention where you saw the position advertised. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled. People of color and women are strongly encouraged to apply. The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race\, ethnicity\, age\, religion\, gender\, sexual orientation or political orientation.\n\n
URL:https://www.sfbike.org/news/were-hiring-bicycle-parking-coordinator/
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SUMMARY:Bylaws Update: Arguments for Both Sides
DESCRIPTION:The following are four opinions about changes to the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition's bylaws -- two for\, and two against. Members may cast one vote on the updated bylaws at sfbike.org/bylawvote by the end of Fri. July 31. An executive summary and frequently asked questions are also available at sfbike.org/news/bylawvote.\n\nVote “Yes\,” by Leah Shahum\n\nI want to share my strong support for the proposed bylaw change for the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC).\n\nAs the longtime Executive Director of the SFBC (and previously Program Director and Membership Director)\, I have been proud of how we have grown and strengthened as an organization and advocated for so many positive changes in San Francisco — always relying on our strong base of members\, who are today and always have been the heart of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition’s success.\n\nIt is exactly that membership base — you all\, as members — that this bylaw change is proposed to protect. Your privacy does not deserve to be intruded upon just because you are supporting advocacy for better biking and a better San Francisco.\n\nIn my 17 years working for the SFBC\, I never saw so much member discontent as when one member was able to access your contact information a few months ago. It was surprising\, to say the least\, to learn\, after extensive legal counsel\, that such sharing of information was legally required by California law.\n\nThis proposed bylaw change will ensure that your contact information remains private\, as it should be. And it will enable the SFBC to continue to grow and strengthen to protect your rights on the road and to fight for a safer\, saner San Francisco for all of us.\n\nI want to emphasize the important fact that any member of the SFBC can still be considered for the Board of Directors. Under the bylaw change\, there will continue to be an annual\, public call-out to all members to ask who is interested in serving on the Board. And all interested members will be considered based on their skills\, experience and history with the organization.\n\nAll of us\, as members\, are today — and always will be — the heart and soul of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition.\n\nI hope you’ll help protect this hard-working organization advocating for a better San Francisco for all of us by joining me in voting “yes” to the proposed bylaw change.\n\n*****\n\nVote “No\,” by Mark Eliot\n\nSFBC proposes to protect members’ privacy by eliminating all members’ rights - an extreme reaction to a very specific issue.\n\nCurrently\, SFBC’s governance is analogous to representative democracy. Members elect the board; the board hires an executive director and provides oversight; that director hires staff and runs the organization day-to-day. Ultimately there is accountability back to the members because members can decide to replace board members\, who can change the organization’s direction. If this proposal is approved\, the members will no longer have any real power in the organization.\n\nThis vote is really about whether SFBC will continue to be a grassroots organization. What does it mean for an organization to be grassroots and does it matter? For me\, it’s when members actually have power and\, yes\, it matters very much. There is still a place for grassroots bicycle advocacy. That place is San Francisco.\n\nProponents of this proposal believe that voting members are a potential threat to the organization. On the contrary\, members importantly provide energy\, new ideas and a collective conscience. SFBC’s engaged and empowered members have been critical to the organization's success and ensure that the organization remains true to its mission. The real risk is that organizations not accountable to their members can become out-of-touch\, complacent\, and stagnant over time.\n\nSFBC is a true membership organization in which members have specific rights. Inspecting membership records is the ostensible origin of this proposal. Member rights also include inspecting accounting records and minutes of meetings\, electing and removing board members\, and deciding on changes to its charter. However\, in the proposed bylaws members have no rights whatsoever. Five pages of member rights in the current bylaws are reduced to four lines in the proposed bylaws.\n\nConcerns about privacy can be addressed by engaging the membership to develop reasonable alternatives\, like this blog.\n\nThe vote announcement promises continued inclusion\, access\, and transparency. Promises are different from rights. Promises are ephemeral; rights are eternal\, unless voluntarily ceded. Don't vote them away. You can't get them back. If opposed or unsure\, vote 'no'.\n\nSee: savesfbike.org\n\n*****\n\nVote “Yes\,” by Dave Snyder\n\nI was the primary author of the current bylaws that make the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC) a membership corporation. I think we were wrong and I heartily encourage voting “Yes” on this change.\n\nI give the SFBC my money because I want high-powered\, professional bike advocacy in San Francisco. That takes legions of organizers\, media buys\, and a winning public image. It takes strategic focus\, opinion research\, and policy expertise. It takes money\, the more the better. This is what I want for the SFBC because if the SFBC wins on its priorities\, it’s great for the city\, because bikes are just awesome like that.\n\nI don’t want a vote in choosing the SFBC Board because I have no idea which people create the combination of talent and expertise and connections to serve that mission best. I’m not nearly close enough and I’m closer than most members\, most of whom agree with me; voter turnout for Board elections is next to nil. I don’t want the SFBC to spend its time and money managing a Board election. I want them to be able to recruit Board members who meet their needs and not necessarily the “popular” ones who would win elections.\n\nIf they want some acerbic rich dude who most members don’t like and would never elect but who is willing to bankroll a campaign to close Market Street to cars\, they should be able to recruit him. If they need a legal expert with plenty of volunteer time on her hands but no charisma and electability\, they should be able to appoint her. If they don’t want someone who brings nothing but dissent and advocacy for a discredited strategy\, they shouldn’t have to endure a huge campaign to avoid his election by the members. It weakens the organization.\n\nI love democracy but based on my two-and-a-half decades of experience as a bike advocate\, electing the Board of our local beloved bicycle advocacy organization is a misplaced desire and harmful to effective bicycle advocacy. That’s why I’m voting ‘yes’ on this bylaws change.\n\n*****\n\nVote “No\,” by Jeremy Pollock\n\nThe Bike Coalition has presented this bylaw changes as being solely about protecting members’ privacy. But it’s actually the most drastic change to the governance of the Bike Coalition in decades. Members would no longer vote for the Board of Directors! In fact\, the changes go even further: the proposed bylaws eliminate all member rights!\n\nWe strongly believe keeping our Bike Coalition democratic is the best way to maintain the grassroots\, volunteer-driven ethic we love about the SFBC. Before we fundamentally change the SFBC\, we need to have a real debate about this. There may be legitimate reasons to eliminate elections for the Board of Directors\, but protecting our privacy is not one of them.\n\nState law DOES NOT require the Bike Coalition to turn over our contact information to any member who asks for it. The SFBC could simply deliver messages from members through their regular email blasts. And these requests can be granted only under very narrow\, specific circumstances.\n\nAnd the proposed bylaws don’t actually create any privacy protections! If a future Board wanted to\, there’s nothing in the new bylaws preventing them from sharing our information with whomever they wanted to.\n\nWe believe having members elect the Board is a great way to engage members in the Bike Coalition’s work. If the problem is low turnout in these elections\, let’s try to encourage member before we abandon democracy. Let’s encourage more people to run and have a public debate to hear what they think.\n\nWe remain committed to all of the good work the Bike Coalition does. From Market Street improvements to Vision Zero to community bike builds\, there are a lot of reasons we’re proud to be members. And we think the best way to continue that work is for the Bike Coalition to continue to be member-led and accountable to our community.\n\nPlease vote NO on these bylaw changes. And if you already voted yes\, you can change your vote! Email boardpresident@sfbike.org and say you want to change your vote to NO\, and copy us at savesfbike@gmail.com.\n\nsavesfbike.org
URL:https://www.sfbike.org/news/bylaws-update-arguments-for-both-sides/
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SUMMARY:How Emily Rocks her Bicycle Advocacy Internship
DESCRIPTION:Our Bicycle Advocacy intern\, Emily\, has been all over town this summer representing us at community meetings\, working alongside our Policy team for our win with Caltrain and doing behind-the-scenes research to strengthen our advocacy work. We took a minute to catch up with Emily and learn more about why she commutes an hour (each way!) from San Jose to intern with us:\nWhat first motivated you to apply for this internship?\nI grew up on the East Coast and had just finished my first year of grad school when I found out about the internship opening. After five years of biking in Washington\, D.C.\, I decided to go back to school for urban planning and my applications essentially included a longer version of the SF Bicycle Coalition’s mission statement. I want to play a role in making cities great places to live and I think great streets – ones that make biking a true option for everyday mobility – are the foundation of truly livable communities.\n\nWhat kinds of projects are you working on during your time here?\nI’ve spent a lot of time researching everything from speed limit laws to bicycle parking design as they relate to a variety of advocacy projects. My schedule is somewhat dictated by the status of projects in San Francisco\, and I have had the opportunity to attend relevant meetings at both the City agency level and the local community and advisory committee level.\n\nWhat is the most valuable thing you’ve learned so far through your internship?\nI can’t begin to explain how much I have learned about San Francisco\, the Bay Area and what it takes to be a successful advocate in a relatively short period of time. This internship has been an incredible opportunity to see the development of the projects that will eventually be a reality on city streets. No two projects are the same\, and there are a number of (sometimes unpredictable) factors that may complicate the outcome. I have had to learn as I go\, trying to absorb as much information about relatively unfamiliar areas as projects evolve. It gives me an opportunity to test myself every day.\n\nWhat has been your favorite intern moment?\nOne of the most interesting days so far involved meeting with an SF Bicycle Coalition member after a bad collision. Despite the circumstances\, her experience was a catalyzing moment to coordinate thoughts on bike infrastructure and find common goals for improving the street experience and for preventing similar incidents in the future. It was also a chance to take a closer look at projects and commitments street by street.\n\nWhat do you do when you’re not donating your time to the SF Bicycle Coalition?\nI probably spend most of my time watching and playing soccer. The rest of my week is spent interning with the San Jose Department of Transportation and exploring the Bay Area. I try to get in at least one long bike ride a week – always in a new direction – and am constantly looking for good places to hike.\n\nWhat advice would you give to someone thinking about interning here?\nGo for it! You absolutely won’t regret getting involved. The organization is doing work that affects your life\, no matter how you get around in the city.\n\n\n\nWant to intern like Emily? Applications are now open for our fall internships. We’re accepting applicants through August 14\, 2015\, and will be reviewing them on a rolling basis. Don’t miss your chance to be a part of the bicycle action – apply today!
URL:https://www.sfbike.org/news/emily-internship/
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SUMMARY:Panhandle Path Improvements Almost Here
DESCRIPTION:One mile of off-street path connects Fell and Oak protected bike lanes to Golden Gate Park\, and it’s used by hundreds of people every day.\nFrom Baker Street to Stanyan Street\, bikes share the Panhandle Park path with pedestrians\, away from the fast-moving cars on Fell and Oak Streets.\n\nWe’re excited that the neighborhood-driven proposals for Panhandle improvements continues to move forward\, with a project manager from SF Recreation and Parks Department (RPD) now assigned. They look to move forward with improvements as early as this fall\, so this is the time to learn more and get involved!\nPanhandle Pathways Open House\nPanhandle Park\, at Ashbury Street\nSaturday\, August 1 from 10AM-12PM\nAs biking has boomed in San Francisco\, though\, this path has become more and more crowded in recent years\, now teeming with people of all ages biking here in the morning and evenings. After talking with our members\, local residents and neighborhood associations in the area\, we identified improvements to the southern pedestrian path as a huge opportunity.\n\nImprovements to the pedestrian-only path would make this much more welcoming to families with strollers\, runners and dog-walkers alike but also open up more space on the northern mixed-use path. It would also help to begin conversations about circulation in this area and what the long-term vision for biking and walking here could look like. As North of Panhandle Neighborhood Association states: “This is an important time for the community to give input directly to RPD staff.”\n\nWant to make sure you get updates like these? Sign up for the mailing list below to receive email updates for projects around the area. You'll also receive the Biker Bulletin\, our weekly e-newsletter.\nSign up for our (new) Panhandle Mailing List
URL:https://www.sfbike.org/news/panhandle-path-improvements-almost-here/
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SUMMARY:SFPD's Park Station Diverting Resources Away From Vision Zero
DESCRIPTION:In consecutive community meetings\, San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) leadership at Park Station detailed a coming crackdown against people biking. This crackdown is a significant departure from the SFPD’s Vision Zero Commitment and risks lives by diverting resources away from the deadliest traffic violations.\nThe San Francisco Bicycle Coalition is shocked to see SFPD shifting resources away from enforcing against the deadliest traffic behaviors. SFPD has a long way to go towards fulfilling their own promises to make our roads safer for everyone who bikes\, walks and drives. We’ve been excited to see SFPD make gains in their “Focus on the Five” goal over the last six months. This program at Park Station ignores the SFPD’s Vision Zero goal and their own data\, however\, which show that the behaviors most likely to result in someone being hit or killed in the Park Station area are failing to yield to pedestrians\, speeding\, and sudden left or right turns. Any shift of SFPD resources away from these deadliest traffic violations is dangerous and unacceptable.\n\nSay “NO” to any diversion of resources from enforcing the five deadliest traffic behaviors.\n\nAfter more than 100 SF Bicycle Coalition members demanded action at a Police Commission / Board of Supervisors’ committee hearing\, the SFPD adopted Vision Zero last year. At that hearing\, Chief Greg Suhr apologized for past missteps by SFPD in traffic enforcement and investigations\, and called Vision Zero “a no-brainer.” The majority of SFPD’s command staff and station captains attended that meeting\, and since that date Chief Suhr and Police Commission President Suzy Loftus have been staunch Vision Zero advocates.\n\nAs part of SFPD’s commitment to achieving Vision Zero\, Chief Suhr announced “Focus on the Five” -- a promise that 50 percent of all SFPD citations for traffic violations would be for the five most dangerous traffic behaviors. Looking at San Francisco as a whole\, those deadliest traffic behaviors occur when people driving violate pedestrians’ right of way\, speed\, run red lights\, run stop signs and violate turn restrictions.\n\nAt the time of Chief Suhr’s commitment to “Focus on the Five\,” SFPD citations for those deadly behaviors accounted for only 22 percent of traffic tickets. In the second quarter of this year\, that total improved from 25 to 32 percent of SFPD traffic citations. This increase is great\, but with the total still far behind the department’s goal of 50 percent\, SFPD leadership at Park Station is diverting resources away from enforcing laws most likely to protect people from losing life and limb on San Francisco’s streets.\n\nThe San Francisco Bicycle Coalition is committed to all people following the rules of the road. This is something that prior Park Station Captain Raj Vaswani understood and appreciated. Rather than diverting resources away from enforcing the deadliest traffic behaviors\, Captain Vaswani would respond to occasional neighbor complaints about traffic violations by people biking by reaching out to the SF Bicycle Coalition and requesting that we ramp up outreach and education efforts.\n\nWe happily collaborated with Captain Vaswani’s efforts\, as safety education is central to our work. In 2014\, we trained over 5\,000 people who bike and drive how to do so safely through free classes for people of all ages and experience levels. (Check out our calendar of upcoming classes for a class near you!)\n\nSFPD’s new leadership at Park Station is less interested in enforcing the deadliest traffic behaviors\, or communicating with the SF Bicycle Coalition and our 11\,000 members. We’ve reached out to Park Station Captain John Sanford about his station’s campaign to undermine data-driven enforcement -- most recently around mid-day on Wednesday July 15. As of this statement being published\, Captain Sanford has yet to reply to our concerns for the safety of people living and traveling around Park Station.\n\nPlease make your voice heard: Sign our petition to keep Park Station moving forward on data-driven enforcement\, instead of diverting resources away from preventing further loss of life on our streets.\n
URL:https://www.sfbike.org/news/sfpds-park-station-diverting-resources-away-from-vision-zero/
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SUMMARY:Bike Heroes Worth Celebrating
DESCRIPTION:We’re working hard every day to make San Francisco reflect our members’ dreams. Through our annual member survey\, input on our Strategic Plan\, emails\, phone calls and conversations in person\, our 10\,000 members make their hopes for our city clear.\nOur members want improvements across San Francisco\, including a network of protected bike lanes criss-crossing the city that everyone can use comfortably. They want smoother roads and more secure bike parking. And our members demand a city where no one risks life and limb visiting friends\, heading to work or picking up groceries.\n\nAnd tens of thousands celebrate our members’ victories for safer biking every day. City Hall staff heading up the protected bike lanes on Polk; a family pedaling along Oak or Fell between the Wiggle and Golden Gate Park; folks riding along the calmer and safer stretches where we’ve seen improvements on San Jose Avenue -- these little celebrations could not be possible without our members rallying to make their voices heard.\n\nEven in our daily rides\, joined by people from every corner of San Francisco\, these celebrations don’t do our members and partners justice. Sometimes you have to take a step back\, take a deep breath and just marvel at some of the ways that San Franciscans are working with us -- and on their own -- to make our city a better place to live\, work and play. And sometimes it feels good to get together with other people who bike and give some bike heroes a round of applause.\n\nBetter than good\, it feels great to celebrate everything our members and partners have accomplished in San Francisco.\n\nWe’re celebrating a few bike heroes on Thursday\, July 30 at our annual Golden Wheel Awards -- heroes like the founders of San Francisco Yellow Bike. We’ve teamed up with San Francisco Yellow Bike to provide people who couldn’t otherwise afford a bike their own set of two wheels\, along with the training to maintain and ride their bikes safely. San Francisco Yellow Bike is a completely volunteer-run operation\, making the fact that they’ve salvaged and repaired hundreds of bikes for locals even more impressive.\n\nWhile San Francisco Yellow Bike is building community through repairing bikes\, SF2G is giving people the chance to completely reimagine what a bike commute can be. Between San Francisco and Mountain View\, Palo Alto and Sunnyvale\, SF2G riders regularly commute at least 42 miles down the Peninsula\, with some rides exceeding 60 miles. In addition to expanding people’s idea of what a ride to work can be\, SF2G also advocates for safety improvements in southeastern San Francisco’s troublespots for people biking\, like the Hairball\, the Alemany Maze and Bayshore Boulevard.\n\nWith these bike heroes\, our members and civic leaders\, it’s not just important that we work together for people biking in San Francisco. Sometimes we have to pull together to applaud our accomplishments.\n\nI hope you can join us for the Golden Wheel Awards on July 30. We’ve got a lot to celebrate.
URL:https://www.sfbike.org/news/bike-heroes-worth-celebrating/
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SUMMARY:Bikes + Transit Advisory for Upcoming BART Closures
DESCRIPTION:We know many of you depend on combining bikes with transit\, so we want to give you the heads up on two major BART closures from August 1-2 and September 5-7.\n\nBART released a lot more information regarding the closure of the Transbay Tube between San Francisco and Oakland. You can read the full details at their website.\n\nWith no trains going between West Oakland and Embarcadero BART Stations\, there has been a multi-agency effort to provide significant bus and shuttle services\, many of which will connect the Temporary Transbay Terminal in San Francisco to the 19th Street BART Station in Oakland.\n\nWe strongly encourage you to find other options than bringing your bike onboard during these two weekends\, given that buses only have space for two or three bikes. Here are some other ways to connect bikes with transit during the closures:\n\nBike Parking\n\nWithin the Embarcadero BART Station\, there is a secure bike room\, which can hold up to 96 bikes and has 24/7 access. You must have a BikeLink card for access.\n\nWe are looking into opportunities to provide more bike parking during the closures\, and we will update this post with more information once it’s available. See the full list of bike lockers and secure bike parking at BART stations here.\n\nBike Share\n\nNeed a bike on the San Francisco side? Join Bay Area Bike Share to have a choice of 350 bikes at 35 stations throughout the downtown area. This is a great opportunity to check out the system before the full expansion spreads throughout the city and region. You have the option of one-day\, three-day or one-year membership.\n\nTry the Ferry!\n\nMany people already combine bikes with ferries for a beautiful ride across the Bay. Bikes are allowed on ferries during all hours of operations. San Francisco Bay Ferry runs several routes connecting San Francisco to East Bay. For more details\, take a look at their schedules.
URL:https://www.sfbike.org/news/bikes-transit-advisory-for-upcoming-bart-closures/
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SUMMARY:Frisco* Biking: Building Community in Bayview-Hunters Point
DESCRIPTION:This article first appeared in the Summer 2015 edition of our quarterly magazine\, the Tube Times.\n\n\nThe San Francisco Bicycle Coalition promotes biking for everyday transportation across our beautiful city. The success of that work depends on building lasting coalitions that are responsive to our members and the needs of our neighborhoods.\nAs more people bike\, and interest in biking explodes\, we rely on this model throughout the city\, including the areas where building safer streets for locals has been an afterthought for policymakers. Bayview-Hunters Point is one such area.\n\nThe last predominantly black neighborhood in the city\, Bayview-Hunters Point retains that old Frisco*\, working-class history that brought thousands of Black Louisianians to work at the Hunters Point Navy Shipyard around World War II. Pacific Islanders\, Chinese\, Latino and white San Franciscans\, amongst others\, have since joined them to make Bayview-Hunters Point one of our city’s most diverse neighborhoods.\n\nFor all this history\, diversity and unusually sunny weather\, the majority of people living in Bayview-Hunters Point continue to face tremendous challenges. Historically marginalized\, the neighborhood wants for sufficient opportunities to earn a living wage\, and there is a lack of dignified and affordable housing. Industrial pollution and a dearth of healthy food and open space are also pervasive.\n\nAs often happens\, the silver lining of this lamentable reality is a long\, strong history of community organizing and activism. In this climate\, the SF Bicycle Coalition has found enthusiastic support for biking.\n\nCommunity Bike Builds: More People on Two Wheels\n\nOur keystone campaign in Bayview-Hunters Point today places donated and City-owned bicycles in the hands of residents who want to bike but are unable to afford a bicycle. Since 2012\, in close collaboration with the Bayview HEAL Zone\, POWER (now merged with Causa Justa :: Just Cause) and our own SF Bicycle Coalition members\, we have held a dozen Community Bike Builds with community groups like the Bayview YMCA and City of Dreams.\n\nMaking Oakdale Safer for People Biking\n\nFor people who already bike\, safety is a serious concern across Bayview-Hunters Point. Oakdale Avenue is often the quickest\, flattest route into the heart of the Bayview. Besides being a convenient bike route\, Oakdale also has the unfortunate distinction of being a heavily-used truck route\, particularly approaching the warehouses and businesses near Bayshore Boulevard.\n\nMaking this important route safer has long been a campaign of ours – one that kicked into high gear when the San Francisco Planning Department announced its Green Connections project. We saw the opportunity to make Oakdale safer by uniting with local residents and urging the City to add buffered bike lanes from Loomis to Third\, as well as other safety improvements to deter dangerous speeding and reduce congestion. We share the goal with locals of reducing speeding and protecting people biking. With our members’ help\, this is a real possibility over the next 18 months.\n\nImproving Safety east of Third\n\nWe are pushing for safety improvements on Quesada Avenue and Fitzgerald Avenue\, as their respective parallel streets Palou Avenue and Gilman Street are increasingly dedicated to public transit. We are working with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency to identify the safest design improvements\, while keeping our members and community partners informed and encouraging them to support a community vision of more comfortable\, safer roads for everyone.\n\nThe Long View\n\nEvery opportunity to make our roads safer is one we will seize\, and that includes the development planned for Hunters Point Shipyard and Candlestick. Whether it is with the City or with developers\, we are committed to making sure projects respect the needs and desires of the community\, while addressing existing and historical transportation and environmental disparities.\n\nBiking in Bayview-Hunters Point is not just about getting around and having fun doing it. It is also about embracing a more active lifestyle or a more efficient one. (Unfortunately\, this is particularly relevant in the Bayview\, given the Muni Metro T Line’s unreliability.) The inherent affordability of biking as a form of transportation is also an important reason why residents – many overburdened by transportation expenses – are excited to get on two wheels\, and the SF Bicycle Coalition is dedicated to making it easier and safer for them to do so.\n\n*Our wonderful city has a multitude of names. Frisco is a common moniker in Bayview-Hunters Point\, like ‘San Pancho’ is in the Mission\, and like ‘Gum Saan’ once was in Chinatown.
URL:https://www.sfbike.org/news/frisco-biking/
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